Billy Joel – Billy Joel chords

INTRO
C G Am C F C D G
C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F

FIRST VERSE: 
    C      G           Am      C        Its nine o’clock on a saturday      
    F	      C         D        G          The regular crowd shuffles in
	   C      G         Am         C	        There’s an old man  sitting next to me  	
        F          G         C      CMaking love to his tonic and gin 

C  G  Am  C  F  G  C  C  F  F

        C           G         Am     C 	    He says son can you play me a memory   	
     F          C           D      GI’m not really sure how it goes
          C           G           Am           C    But it’s sad and its sweet and I knew it complete 
     F        G             C	     Cwhen I wore a younger man’s clothes 

Am    C		  D7   D7   Am        La da da     de de Da               
   C            D7  D7 	  G  G7 G(3) G7(3)da da     de de Da     da DA


CHORUS: 
C	  G 	         Am        C   Sing us a song you’re the piano man     
F         C       D     GSing us a song tonight
            C          G          Am     C     Well we’re all in the mood for a melody   
    F             G           C     Cand you’ve got us feeling all right

C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F

VERSE 2
     C          G            Am           CNow John at the bar – he’s a friend of mine, 
   F          C          D    Ghe gets me my drinks for free
         C            G          Am            CAnd he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
            F               G           C           C but there’s some place that he’d rather be 


        C      G               Am          CHe says bill I believe this is killing me,
         F          C           D      Gas the smile ran away from his face, 
         C           G           Am      C Well I’m sure that I could be a movie star,
      F         G          C     Cif I could get out of this place


Am    C		  D7   D7   Am        La da da     de de Da               
   C            D7  D7 	  G  G7 G(3) G7(3)da da     de de Da     da DA

VERSE 3
      C        G          Am       CNow Paul is a real estate novelist
    F         C          D      Gwho never had time for a wife
         C            G          Am           C And he’s talking with Davy who’s still in the navy
    F         G          C     C and probably will be for life

C G Am C F G C C F F 

        C           G          Am       CAnd the waitress is practising politics
       F           C          D      GAs the businessmen slowly get stoned
            C         G           Am            C yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness 
        F           G        C     C but its better than drinking alone

PIANO SOLO


CHORUS: 
C	  G 	         Am        C   Sing us a song you’re the piano man     
F         C       D     GSing us a song tonight
            C          G          Am     C     Well we’re all in the mood for a melody   
    F             G           C     Cand you’ve got us feeling all right

C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F


VERSE 4
       C           G           Am       CIt’s a pretty good crowd for a saturday 
        F       C          D      GAnd the manager gives me a smile
         C               G               Am        CCause he knows that it’s me they've been coming to see
   F            G          C     CTo forget about life for a while


        C     G             Am       CAnd the piano sounds like a carnival 
        F          C             D      Gand the microphone smells like a beer
         C          G           Am          C        And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
        F            G         C     Cand say man what are you doing here? 


Am    C		  D7   D7   Am        La da da     de de Da               
   C            D7  D7 	  G  G7 G(3) G7(3)da da     de de Da     da DA



CHORUS: 
C	  G 	         Am        C   Sing us a song you’re the piano man     
F         C       D     GSing us a song tonight
            C          G          Am     C     Well we’re all in the mood for a melody   
    F             G           C     Cand you’ve got us feeling all right


C G Am C F G C C F F C C F F


Chords

-G7-	-G7(3)   -G(3)- 1        1        0
 0        3        3
 0        0        0
 0        0        0
 2        2        2
 3        3        x